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Students Choose Spacecraft Names

NASA's twin GRAIL spacecraft have new names, thanks to some enthusiastic 4th graders from Montana, who reveal the names in dramatic fashion.

Transcript:

Maria Zuber: We gave these two spacecraft names of 'A' and 'B'.
So we asked the youth of America to assist us in getting slightly better names.
And we held a nationwide contest. Over 11,000 students wrote essays. There was a very competitive competition.

Sally Ride: GRAIL is the first spacecraft mission to carry instruments
that are entirely dedicated to education: cameras that will be operated by students.
And it's my pleasure to introduce 4th-grade teacher Nina DiMauro.
Her class at Emily Dickinson School submitted the winning entry. Nina, congratulations!